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W. T.v C'. RUNNELLS, OF SEARISPORT, MAINE. Letters Patent No.r 71,650, dated December 3, 1867.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

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Be it known that I, W. T. C. RUNNELLKSLof Secrsport, in the county of Waldo, andStnte of Maine, have invented a. new and useful Mechine for W'shing Clothes; and I hereby declare thatthe following is u. full, clear, and exact description of the construction and-operation of the same, referencebeing-hnd to'theunnexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure'l is a. perspective view.

Figure 2, interior section, and in whichlettena is u. tub; b, crunk c, pulley-block on crank; d, shaft; e, top'of carrage; f,boxes for weight; g, wash-boards; h,long bed-peces of wash-board; z', compositionibruces for rollers; j, groovcd rollers; c, pulley-line; m, hinge.; n, button; o, hook; p, line fastened vto hind end oi". wash-board; g, peg to which said line may be fastened; r, staple; s, cock; t, hook;` u, hinges to wash-board;

v v, tnb-legs; w, pieces to which hinges are attached; z, pin to hold up front end of carriage. Crosswiseupon the hindend of a. t'ub, made invshape like tub a, in fig. 1, I place a. crunk, bent in the centre as shown by IJ, in same figure, and on the bottom of the tub I put a. wash-board, a. part of which can be rnised by means of hinges u, as shown in iig. 2. Upon this board'I place a carriage, which I make by` fastening grhoved rollers beneath, and to a top board, e, by means' of composition-roller braces z', and bolts; the cartilage to be just wide enough to play within and lengthwise of the tub, but shorternthan the tub. Upon the top board of the carriage I place boxesf, lin which to put send or other heavy substance. When the clothes ure to be' put in, hook the line /l'to the hooks in pulley, turn the crank until the carriage is drawn back und the front end raised up; press in the Y pin :c to hold it-up; spread in the clothes upon the bottom josh-board, as for back as the hinges u; then take the, line c from, pulley and hook it on o on the shaft, thzit it in ny'be handy, yet not in the way; place the'notch in the shaft upon the 'bend in the centre of the crank b, and fasten it by means of hingeend bhtton m and n; t

pull the line p, attached to -the'wash-board, and fasten it upon the peg q, thus turning thee'rd of the washeboztrd up on-the hinges u.

To wash the clothes, turn the crunk, which puts the carriage-,in motion,'and forces the rollers, vithlthe' weight upon them that' maybe necessary, over theclothes, which koperation e'ectually rolls, rubs, and presses out the dirt, and thoroughly'washes the clothes.

' What I claim as myinvention, and: desire to secui'e byLetters Patent, is

The combination of the corrugated and hinged bottom q with. ,the rollei's j, table e, n'eight-boxesf, shaft d,

cnnk b, cord c, and tub a, substantially as'and for the purpose specified.

W. T'. C. RUNNELLS.

Witnesses:

Amos H. ELLIS, FRANK .0. WnITcoMB. 

